LOS ANGELES (TNS) — The most unpredictable Oscar season in years finally came into focus Tuesday morning as the 90th Academy Awards nominations were announced, with nine films representing a wide range of genres earning best picture nods and Guillermo del Toro's fantastical fable "The Shape of Water" leading the field with 13 nominations.

Best picture nominations went to the romantic drama "Call Me By Your Name," the Winston Churchill biopic "Darkest Hour," the World War II thriller "Dunkirk," the horror satire "Get Out," the coming-of-age dramedy "Lady Bird," the period romance "Phantom Thread," the Pentagon Papers drama "The Post," "The Shape of Water" and the dark morality tale "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."

Rachel Morrison became the first woman ever nominated in the cinematography category for her work on the period drama "Mudbound." And Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant scored a nomination for the live-action short "Dear Basketball."

The Academy Awards will be held on March 4, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting.